Friday, August 27, 2010

Mark Kleiman explains what's wrong with the US criminal justice system

Or, at least, one important part of what's wrong with it. For those of you who haven't read any of Mark Kleiman's published work (including his latest book, When Brute Force Fails), and even for those of you who have ... this video clip from a recent interview does a good job of compactly delivering the gist of his basic message. I recommend watching it. I find that message generally convincing and compelling myself, but judge for yourself.

Zach Weissmueller of Reason.tv demonstrates that there is a level of production skill adequate to overcome my basic incompetence as an interviewee. The result is the best short version ever of When Brute Force Fails. All that’s left out is the details of the successful innovations such as HOPE and High Point.

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About Me

Jeff Weintraub is a social & political theorist, political sociologist, and democratic socialist who has been teaching most recently at the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College, and the New School for Social Research.. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University in 2015-2016 and is currently a Research Associate at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College.
(Also an Affiliated Professor with the University of Haifa in Israel & an opponent of academic blacklists.)